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How societies embrace information technology : lessons for management and the rest of us / / James W. Cortada
| How societies embrace information technology : lessons for management and the rest of us / / James W. Cortada |
| Autore | Cortada James W. <1946-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : $bJohn Wiley & Sons, , c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.4833 |
| Soggetto topico |
Information society
Information technology - Social aspects Internet - Social aspects |
| ISBN |
1-282-49190-3
9786612491900 0-470-64393-5 0-470-64388-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Preface ix -- 1 Introducing the Big Picture 1 -- The presence of information technology 2 -- Megatrends at work 7 -- How societies use technology to shape their world 19 -- Notes and references 24 -- 2 How Computers Spread Around the World So Fast 27 -- Definitions and issues 29 -- Government-supported/private-sector-driven model 33 -- National champion model 37 -- Asian private-sector-driven model 39 -- Planned economy: public policy model 42 -- Industry-driven model 48 -- Corporate diffusion model 51 -- Application diffusion model 57 -- Technology-standards diffusion model 59 -- Patterns, practices, and implications 61 -- Notes and references 65 -- 3 How Governments Leverage Information Technologies to Improve Their National Economies 71 -- A brief historical reminder 72 -- Economic development in a connected world: the big picture 75 -- How governments use it to encourage economic development 77 -- What motivates governments to encourage their citizens and economies to use it? 91 -- Emerging strategies for the most advanced nations compared to rapidly advancing nations 96 -- The special role of labor 100 -- Global recession, twenty-first century style 102 -- Implications for public officials 106 -- Implications for business leaders 112 -- The way forward with policies and practices 116 -- Notes and references 122 -- 4 How Managers and Officials Decide What Technology to Use 129 -- The kinds of decisions made by managers 131 -- Types of justification 135 -- Managerial practices 138 -- Some possible less effective practices 143 -- Special role of industries 149 -- Path forward 151 -- Notes and references 157 -- 5 Adding Up the Results So Far: Do We Now Live in the Information Age? 163 -- Why naming an age is a useful exercise and so hard to do 165 -- What historians can teach us about the process 167 -- The case against the information age 173 -- Can we coexist on the frontiers of a new age? 175 -- Lessons for management and a strategy for change 179 -- Concluding thoughts 185.
Notes and references 186 -- 6 An Expanding Role for Scientists and Engineers 191 -- The rise of the computer scientist 192 -- Their role in modern society 197 -- When scientists and tech folk take things into their own hands 201 -- When technologists go green 204 -- Their future world 212 -- An old role made new 218 -- Notes and references 220 -- 7 Looking Down the Road into the Twenty-First Century 223 -- How to see the future of an industry 225 -- Knowing how information technology is evolving 233 -- A strategy for managers and public officials 240 -- Special role of the computer science community 247 -- The ultimate trend 252 -- Notes and references 254 -- 8 Keeping Up: Bibliographic Essay 257 -- The big picture 257 -- How computers spread around the world 259 -- Governments leveraging it for economic development 260 -- Deciding what technology to use 261 -- Living in the information age 263 -- Role of technologists 264 -- Into the twenty-first century 265 -- Index 267. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910139366003321 |
Cortada James W. <1946->
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| Hoboken, New Jersey : $bJohn Wiley & Sons, , c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How societies embrace information technology : lessons for management and the rest of us / / James W. Cortada
| How societies embrace information technology : lessons for management and the rest of us / / James W. Cortada |
| Autore | Cortada James W. <1946-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : $bJohn Wiley & Sons, , c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.4833 |
| Soggetto topico |
Information society
Information technology - Social aspects Internet - Social aspects |
| ISBN |
1-282-49190-3
9786612491900 0-470-64393-5 0-470-64388-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Preface ix -- 1 Introducing the Big Picture 1 -- The presence of information technology 2 -- Megatrends at work 7 -- How societies use technology to shape their world 19 -- Notes and references 24 -- 2 How Computers Spread Around the World So Fast 27 -- Definitions and issues 29 -- Government-supported/private-sector-driven model 33 -- National champion model 37 -- Asian private-sector-driven model 39 -- Planned economy: public policy model 42 -- Industry-driven model 48 -- Corporate diffusion model 51 -- Application diffusion model 57 -- Technology-standards diffusion model 59 -- Patterns, practices, and implications 61 -- Notes and references 65 -- 3 How Governments Leverage Information Technologies to Improve Their National Economies 71 -- A brief historical reminder 72 -- Economic development in a connected world: the big picture 75 -- How governments use it to encourage economic development 77 -- What motivates governments to encourage their citizens and economies to use it? 91 -- Emerging strategies for the most advanced nations compared to rapidly advancing nations 96 -- The special role of labor 100 -- Global recession, twenty-first century style 102 -- Implications for public officials 106 -- Implications for business leaders 112 -- The way forward with policies and practices 116 -- Notes and references 122 -- 4 How Managers and Officials Decide What Technology to Use 129 -- The kinds of decisions made by managers 131 -- Types of justification 135 -- Managerial practices 138 -- Some possible less effective practices 143 -- Special role of industries 149 -- Path forward 151 -- Notes and references 157 -- 5 Adding Up the Results So Far: Do We Now Live in the Information Age? 163 -- Why naming an age is a useful exercise and so hard to do 165 -- What historians can teach us about the process 167 -- The case against the information age 173 -- Can we coexist on the frontiers of a new age? 175 -- Lessons for management and a strategy for change 179 -- Concluding thoughts 185.
Notes and references 186 -- 6 An Expanding Role for Scientists and Engineers 191 -- The rise of the computer scientist 192 -- Their role in modern society 197 -- When scientists and tech folk take things into their own hands 201 -- When technologists go green 204 -- Their future world 212 -- An old role made new 218 -- Notes and references 220 -- 7 Looking Down the Road into the Twenty-First Century 223 -- How to see the future of an industry 225 -- Knowing how information technology is evolving 233 -- A strategy for managers and public officials 240 -- Special role of the computer science community 247 -- The ultimate trend 252 -- Notes and references 254 -- 8 Keeping Up: Bibliographic Essay 257 -- The big picture 257 -- How computers spread around the world 259 -- Governments leveraging it for economic development 260 -- Deciding what technology to use 261 -- Living in the information age 263 -- Role of technologists 264 -- Into the twenty-first century 265 -- Index 267. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996200276903316 |
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Cortada James W. <1946->
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| Hoboken, New Jersey : $bJohn Wiley & Sons, , c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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How societies embrace information technology : lessons for management and the rest of us / / James W. Cortada
| How societies embrace information technology : lessons for management and the rest of us / / James W. Cortada |
| Autore | Cortada James W. <1946-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : $bJohn Wiley & Sons, , c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina | 303.4833 |
| Soggetto topico |
Information society
Information technology - Social aspects Internet - Social aspects |
| ISBN |
1-282-49190-3
9786612491900 0-470-64393-5 0-470-64388-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Preface ix -- 1 Introducing the Big Picture 1 -- The presence of information technology 2 -- Megatrends at work 7 -- How societies use technology to shape their world 19 -- Notes and references 24 -- 2 How Computers Spread Around the World So Fast 27 -- Definitions and issues 29 -- Government-supported/private-sector-driven model 33 -- National champion model 37 -- Asian private-sector-driven model 39 -- Planned economy: public policy model 42 -- Industry-driven model 48 -- Corporate diffusion model 51 -- Application diffusion model 57 -- Technology-standards diffusion model 59 -- Patterns, practices, and implications 61 -- Notes and references 65 -- 3 How Governments Leverage Information Technologies to Improve Their National Economies 71 -- A brief historical reminder 72 -- Economic development in a connected world: the big picture 75 -- How governments use it to encourage economic development 77 -- What motivates governments to encourage their citizens and economies to use it? 91 -- Emerging strategies for the most advanced nations compared to rapidly advancing nations 96 -- The special role of labor 100 -- Global recession, twenty-first century style 102 -- Implications for public officials 106 -- Implications for business leaders 112 -- The way forward with policies and practices 116 -- Notes and references 122 -- 4 How Managers and Officials Decide What Technology to Use 129 -- The kinds of decisions made by managers 131 -- Types of justification 135 -- Managerial practices 138 -- Some possible less effective practices 143 -- Special role of industries 149 -- Path forward 151 -- Notes and references 157 -- 5 Adding Up the Results So Far: Do We Now Live in the Information Age? 163 -- Why naming an age is a useful exercise and so hard to do 165 -- What historians can teach us about the process 167 -- The case against the information age 173 -- Can we coexist on the frontiers of a new age? 175 -- Lessons for management and a strategy for change 179 -- Concluding thoughts 185.
Notes and references 186 -- 6 An Expanding Role for Scientists and Engineers 191 -- The rise of the computer scientist 192 -- Their role in modern society 197 -- When scientists and tech folk take things into their own hands 201 -- When technologists go green 204 -- Their future world 212 -- An old role made new 218 -- Notes and references 220 -- 7 Looking Down the Road into the Twenty-First Century 223 -- How to see the future of an industry 225 -- Knowing how information technology is evolving 233 -- A strategy for managers and public officials 240 -- Special role of the computer science community 247 -- The ultimate trend 252 -- Notes and references 254 -- 8 Keeping Up: Bibliographic Essay 257 -- The big picture 257 -- How computers spread around the world 259 -- Governments leveraging it for economic development 260 -- Deciding what technology to use 261 -- Living in the information age 263 -- Role of technologists 264 -- Into the twenty-first century 265 -- Index 267. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830951303321 |
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Cortada James W. <1946->
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| Hoboken, New Jersey : $bJohn Wiley & Sons, , c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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